One night whe a husband got home that night as hiswife served dinner, he held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again he observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly he didn't know how to open his mouth But he had to let her know
what hewas thinking. "I want a divorce". he raised the topic calmly.
She didn't seem to be annoyed by his words, instead she asked him softly,
why?
He avoided her question. This made her angry She threw away the
chopsticks and shouted at him, you are not a man! That night, they didn't talk to each other. She was weeping.
He knew she wanted to find out what had happened to their
marriage.
But he could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost his
heart to Jane. he didn't love his wife anymore. he just pitied her!
With a deep sense of guilt, he drafted a divorce agreement which stated
that she could own thier house, car, and 30% stake of his company.
She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent
ten years of her life with him had become a stranger. He felt sorry for her
wasted time, resources and energy but he could not take back what he had said but he loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of him, which was what he had expected to see. To him her cry was actually a kind of release.
The idea of divorce which had obsessed him for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.
The next day, he came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. He didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep
very fast because he was tired after an eventful day with Jane.
When heI woke up, she was still there at the table writing. he just did not care so he turned over and was asleep again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want
anything from him, but needed a month's notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month they both struggle to live as normal a life as possible.
Her reasons were simple: "our son had his exams in a month's time" and she
didn't want to disrupt him with thier broken marriage.
This was agreeable to him. But she had something more, she asked him to
recall how he had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.
She requested that every day for the month's duration he carries her out
of their bedroom to the front door ever morning. He thought she was going crazy.
Just to make thier last days together bearable he accepted her odd request.
He told Jane about his wife's divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly
and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.
th husband and his wife hadn't had any body contact since his divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when he carried her out on the first day, they both
appeared clumsy. Thier son clapped behind them, daddy is holding mommy in his arms.
Her words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting
room, then to the door, he walked over ten meters with her in his arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. He nodded, feeling somewhat upset. he put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. He drove alone to the office.
On the second day, both of them acted much more easily. She leaned on his
chest. He could smell the fragrance of her blouse. He realized that he hadn't
looked at this woman carefully for a long time. He realized she was not young any more.
There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Thier marriage had
taken its toll on her. For a minute he wondered what he had done to her.
On the fourth day, when he lifted her up, heI felt a sense of intimacy returning.
This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to him.
On the fifth and sixth day, he realized that thier sense of intimacy was
growing again. He didn't tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as
the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made him stronger.
She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few
dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. He suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why he could carry her more easily.
Suddenly it hit him... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her
heart. Subconsciously he reached out and touched her head.
Their son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mom
out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. His wife gestured to their son to come closer and hugged him tightly. He turned his face away because he was afraid he might change his mind at this last minute.
He then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded his neck softly and naturally.
He held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.
But her much lighter weight made him sad. On the last day, when he held
her in his arms he could hardly move a step. Their son had gone to school. He held her tightly and said, "I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy".
He drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the
door. He was afraid any delay would make me change my mind...He walked upstairs.
Jane opened the door and he said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the
divorce anymore.
She looked at him, astonished, and then touched his forehead. Do you have
a fever?
She said. He moved her hand off his head. Sorry, Jane,
Husband said: I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the
details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.
Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave him a loud slap and then
slammed the door and burst into tears. he walked downstairs and drove away.
At the floral shop on the way, He ordered a bouquet of flowers for his
wife The salesgirl asked him what to write on the card. He smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.
That evening he arrived home, flowers in his hands, a smile on his face, he
ran up stairs, only to find his wife in the bed - dead.
His wife had been fighting CANCER for months and he was so busy with Jane
to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save him from whatever negative reaction from their son, in case they push thru with the
divorce.--
Husband: At least, in the eyes of our son--- I'm a loving husband....